Category Archives: New York City

Apps That Need To Exist: Been There Map

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Meg

The last time I was in Los Angeles,  Figment and I were on Sunset going to Meltdown comics, and I magically started to recognize places. Places in Los Angeles are becoming familiar to me, which sort of blows my mind … Continue reading →

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In A Name

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Meg

At Casual Connect, Nicholas Berry from DataGenetics gave a really fascinating lecture on data mining and inference. The most interesting part was on names, using proper data to back up exactly the implications names give in fiction. (My words, not … Continue reading →

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NYGaming June Roundup

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Meg

A few weeks ago, I went to the NYGaming June meeting. I wrote on Socks, Inc. over at Indie Game Mag, and on Cloud Assassin over at I Heart Chaos. I also really enjoyed the Herograph demo, I’ll have more … Continue reading →

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Power Play

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Meg

I was really excited when I saw posts on my Tumblr feed announcing Reilly Brown and Kurt Christenson’s new comic Power Play: Our story revolves around Mac, a college student in NYC who suddenly finds himself with superpowers.  Does he … Continue reading →

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Gamification

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Meg

The other night, I was having a drink with Harold and the awesome Francesco Marconi from Herograph when we got talking about gamification. I was at a total loss for why hearing “gamification” sometimes makes me want to kick people … Continue reading →

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Dune Fire

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Meg

Dune Fire, by Simpson’s ParadoxThere was a brush fire when we were at the beach this weekend, and my first action was to run up and take a picture for my blog. I’m not sure if this shows good journalistic … Continue reading →

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Entirely Work-Related

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Meg

“Hey, Meg, you got something else about your swingers’ vacation!” –My mom, whenever I get a mailing from Casual Connect

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Google+ Vs Facebook

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Meg

From Google vs. Facebook: Should Human Rights Factor in Your Choice of Social Network? on Huffington Post Google Plus, which launched in beta last week, has been Topic One among the “digerati,” who’ve spent much of the week kicking the … Continue reading →

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Life, Art, Whatever.

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Meg

“Guess what?” I said to a certain guy I am decidedly not seeing. “Shirtless Man Magazine* just took my article! I’ve got a new piece coming out in the summer issue!” “That’s great, Meg! What’s it called?” my gentleman friend … Continue reading →

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There, I Fixed It!

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Meg

The hilarious There, I Fixed It! blog just released a hardcopy version. The book, There, I Fixed It: (No, You Didn’t), covers some of the best kludges from the blog, including my shower pictures. My usual method for dealing with … Continue reading →

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